Lake Tahoe Community College has started a scholarship in honor of a former instructor who passed away in late May. The Carl Young Memorial Earth Science Scholarship is being established to honor the meteorology teacher, who died when he and two colleagues were chasing tornadoes just outside Oklahoma City. This Earth Science scholarship will be […]
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Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger will talk July 6 during the opening ceremonies of the Truckee Tahoe Air Fair & Family Festival. Sullenberger is the US Airways pilot who landed in the Hudson River. The Truckee event is at 11am, Truckee Tahoe Airport, 10356 Airport Road. Sullenberger will be signing copies of his book.
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By KOLO-TV Is it the next breakthrough in firefighting? Makers of a polymer gel say so. Thursday firefighters from Carson City and Lake Tahoe were intentionally setting fires to test out FireIce. FireIce is a powder that becomes a gel when water is added, and the makers say it can help stop fires, and coat […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Complaints about the conduct of U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officers have led El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini to suspend their authority to enforce state laws in the county effective next month. Sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Tim Becker said he could not elaborate on the specific complaints, saying that the […]
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By Maura Dolan, New York Times The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday cleared the way for gay marriages to resume in California. The court lifted its stay on an injunction which ordered state officials to stop enforcing Proposition 8. With the court’s action, counties can now begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses. A […]
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The Lake Tahoe Boys & Girls Club recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to Chris Gerrard and Nic Francis to attend Lake Tahoe Community College in the fall. The idea for the BE GREAT Graduate Scholarship fund started with Jeff Tillman, Boys & Girls Club board president Gerrard and Francis volunteered at the club while in high […]
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By Jack Healy, New York Times WOODLAND PARK, Colo. — A light breeze riffled the tops of ponderosa pines and old Douglas firs on the mountains above this tourist town. It was a serene summer day, but as Jonathan Bruno wandered through the trees, he wondered how long before it all went up in flames. […]
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The Lake Tahoe Master Gardeners are offering a series of Green Thumb Gardening Workshops. Each workshop is from 5:30–6:30pm. Here is the schedule: July 8, 9, 10: Right Plant, Right Place – Trees and Shrubs in High Elevation Settings July 15, 16, 17: Pest Management: What’s Bugging You? July 22, 23, 24: Composting: From Garbage […]
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Possession of fireworks of any kind, including sparklers, is illegal in the Lake Tahoe Basin and campfires are not permitted on National Forest beaches or in the general forest. For those planning to barbecue on the beach, the Forest Service requires the use of portable gas stoves. The annual alcohol ban will be in effect […]
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A house party Thursday night in South Tahoe ended with a fight a couple miles away that sent one person to the hospital and two people to jail. Police were called to the house on Juniper Street before midnight June 27 because of loud music. On the second visit a citation was issued. (Police are […]
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